#Black Canadian history

[1000-year-old-virgin]

Ingenium Archives, CN Images of Canada Collection, 1954

Ingenium Archives, CN Images of Canada Collection, 1951

Canadian Black History: Porters (read more here)

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CityTV Premieres New Series About Forgotten Black Canadian History

A new five-part docu-series called Black Community Mixtapes produced by OYA Media Group will premiere on CityTV Toronto (and across the country) on Sunday Sept. 24 at 7pm EST. The television series breathes new life into the personal archives gathered by individual Canadians to shine a light on life-changing moments in Black Canadian history.  Created and directed by the award-winning Canadian…

[annieqattheperipheral]

Black Life: Untold Stories | episode 6: More Than A Game

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CBC Gem | Black Life: Untold Stories is an eight-part documentary series that reframes the rich and complex histories of Black experiences in Canada.

[theworldofwars]

Canadian Infantry probably of the 1st Canadian Division having a meal in the trenches at Ploegsteert, 20th March 1916.

[la-belle-histoire]

Mme. G.F. Murray (Montreal, QC). William Notman & Son. 1886.

[lionofchaeronea]

What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path! (frontispiece from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow), Frederick Simpson Coburn, 1899

[clove-pinks]

Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry historical re-enactment group at a Battle of Crysler's Farm event.

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REMEMBER TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ON EMANCIPATION DAY!

[yourdailyqueer]

Denis Simpson (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 4 November 1950 

RIP: 22 October 2010

Ethnicity: Afro Caribbean - Jamaican

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor, singer, presenter

[squishysquib]

cringetober day 1: scene redraw

wanted to redraw the iconic scott pilgrim party scene w my ocs but in the anime series art style bc I love it so much <33

and ofc the og scene:

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Leroy (Satchel) Paige found himself pitching in front of thousands of fans in central Alberta for Ponoka's first annual baseball tournament in 1959. Before making his mark on Major League Baseball (MLB), the Hall of Fame pitcher was a name to watch for in the Negro Leagues — and was involved in a number of firsts for baseball in Western Canada. Now Paige and other baseball greats like Cool Papa Bell who played in Alberta will be in the MLB's official book after the league announced it is absorbing the available Negro Leagues numbers. After the decision was announced last week, the move was stirring local memories of a time when barnstorming Black baseball greats drew huge crowds to exhibition games in Alberta. The Negro Leagues were made up of African American players in the United States who were excluded from playing in the majors due to their race. 

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[mother-lee]

Chief Running Rabbit

[theworldofwars]

Canadian infantry in a front line breastwork in Ploegstreet Wood, October 1915.

[la-belle-histoire]

William McF. Notman, Emily Notman and Miss Alice Claxton. Montréal, QC. 1885.

[menandwomanofhistory]

Glenn Gould